Part I: Week One Internship Selfie

Official

Part II: Internship Journal

I think one of the reasons that I feel so comfortable at my internship is because the workspace feels so familiar. In the office it is all about teamwork, helping each other out, and understanding that you're always there to assist anyone that needs assistance; things that are very common in High Tech High projects, and classroom life in general.

Today I got to sit in on a meeting between my mentor and individuals involved in education that wanted to ask for the support of Assemblywoman Gonzalez in their push for easier access to preschool for children all across the state. I thought it was really interesting because their pitch was extremely similar to pitches that I had to make in presentations every year of high school, and because of that I felt like I knew what to look for, and what pieces of information were critical to their argument.

I was also invited to attend a luncheon with one of my colleagues tomorrow called Spirit of the Barrio, where several prominent members of the community will gather to discuss California's and San Diego's drought, which I am really looking forward to attending.

I love my internship for many reasons, one of those reasons being my daily commute. I walk from my house to the bus stop three blocks away, where I take the bus to the H Street Transit Center, and then jump onto the Blue Line that takes me to Downtown, and then I walk to the office on Front Street. Taking the trolley into Downtown makes me feel like a member of the real world, because you get to see parts of the city that you otherwise would never see, it forces you to interact with other people, all of them complete strangers, and has helped me tremendously with my sense of direction and flexibility in getting from Point A to Point B.

My favorite part about the trolley is that since I am taking it into Downtown, there are several different stops that I could get off on, and still get to work in a timely fashion. If I feel like really exploring the center of the beautiful city that I call home (like I did on my first day), I can take the Imperial Ave exit and walk the mile and a half that takes me past Petco Park, the Library, and many other Downtown landmarks. If I want to see what type of construction is going on, I can take the America Plaza exit, at the center of San Diego's business district, and 6 blocks away from work. If I don't feel like walking at all (like today that it was cold and cloudy), I can take the Civic Center Exit, that is two blocks away from the office.